# 1983 European Aquatics Championships

The 1983 LEN European Aquatics Championships took place at the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto in Rome, Italy, between 22 August and 27 August 1983. East Germany won all women's events in the swimming competition, and also every silver medal available to them in individual events. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming and water polo (men). The 4 × 200 m freestyle relay for women was held for the first time.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany | 17 | 17 | 5 | 39 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | West Germany | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Italy* | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Hungary | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |

## Swimming
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Per Johansson (SWE) | 50.20 | Jörg Woithe (GDR) | 50.29 | Sergey Smiriagin (URS) | 50.35 |
| 200 m freestyle | Michael Groß (FRG) | 1:47.87 WR | Jörg Woithe (GDR) | 1:50.18 | Thomas Fahrner (FRG) | 1:50.92 |
| 400 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 3:49.80 | Borut Petrič (YUG) | 3:51.96 | Darjan Petrič (YUG) | 3:52.60 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 15:08.84 | Borut Petrič (YUG) | 15:14.54 | Stefan Pfeiffer (FRG) | 15:16.85 |
| 100 m backstroke | Dirk Richter (GDR) | 56.10 | Vladimir Shemetov (URS) | 56.38 | Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) | 56.95 |
| 200 m backstroke | Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) | 2:01.00 | Sándor Wladár (HUN) | 2:01.61 | Frank Baltrusch (GDR) | 2:02.46 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Robertas Žulpa (URS) | 1:03.32 | Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) | 1:03.37 | Gerald Mörken (FRG) | 1:04.16 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) | 2:17.49 | Albán Vermes (HUN) | 2:18.27 | Robertas Žulpa (URS) | 2:18.72 |
| 100 m butterfly | Michael Groß (FRG) | 54.00 ER = | David López-Zubero (ESP) | 54.77 | Aleksey Markovsky (URS) | 54.81 |
| 200 m butterfly | Michael Groß (FRG) | 1:57.05 WR | Sergey Fesenko (URS) | 1:59.74 | Paolo Revelli (ITA) | 1:59.84 |
| 200 m individual medley | Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) | 2:02.48 ER | Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR) | 2:02.95 | Josef Hladký (TCH) | 2:03.55 |
| 400 m individual medley | Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) | 4:20.41 ER | Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR) | 4:20.81 | Josef Hladký (TCH) | 4:23.52 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Smiriagin Sergey Krasyuk Volodymyr Tkachenko Aleksey Markovsky | 3:20.89 ER | Sweden (SWE) Thomas Lejdström Per Johansson Per Holmertz Per Wikström | 3:22.02 | East Germany (GDR) Jörg Woithe Dirk Richter Rainer Sternal Sven Lodziewski | 3:23.02 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | West Germany (FRG) Thomas Fahrner Alexander Schowtka Andreas Schmidt Michael Groß | 7:20.40 WR | East Germany (GDR) Dirk Richter Jörg Woithe Rainer Sternal Sven Lodziewski | 7:23.01 | Italy (ITA) Paolo Revelli Marcello Guarducci Raffaelle Franceschi Fabrizio Rampazzo | 7:26.01 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Robertas Žulpa Aleksey Markovsky Sergey Smiriagin | 3:43.99 | West Germany (FRG) Stefan Peter Gerald Mörken Michael Groß Andreas Schmidt | 3:44.79 | East Germany (GDR) Dirk Richter Sigurd Hanke Andreas Ott Jörg Woithe | 3:45.54 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Birgit Meineke (GDR) | 55.18 | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 55.52 | Conny van Bentum (NED) | 56.61 |
| 200 m freestyle | Birgit Meineke (GDR) | 1:59.45 | Astrid Strauss (GDR) | 2:00.16 | Conny van Bentum (NED) | 2:00.61 |
| 400 m freestyle | Astrid Strauss (GDR) | 4:08.07 ER | Anke Sonnenbrodt (GDR) | 4:10.37 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 4:12.90 |
| 800 m freestyle | Astrid Strauss (GDR) | 8:32.12 | Anke Sonnenbrodt (GDR) | 8:37.72 | Sarah Hardcastle (GBR) | 8:40.44 |
| 100 m backstroke | Ina Kleber (GDR) | 1:01.79 | Cornelia Sirch (GDR) | 1:02.46 | Carmen Bunaciu (ROU) | 1:03.08 |
| 200 m backstroke | Cornelia Sirch (GDR) | 2:12.05 | Katrin Zimmermann (GDR) | 2:13.36 | Larisa Gortschakova (URS) | 2:14.41 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | 1:08.51 WR | Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) | 1:09.62 | Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) | 1:10.77 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | 2:30.64 | Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) | 2:30.67 | Olga Zelenkova (URS) | 2:33.10 |
| 100 m butterfly | Ines Geißler (GDR) | 1:00.31 | Cornelia Polit (GDR) | 1:00.92 | Cinzia Savi Scarponi (ITA) | 1:01.37 |
| 200 m butterfly | Cornelia Polit (GDR) | 2:07.82 ER | Ines Geißler (GDR) | 2:08.09 | Conny van Bentum (NED) | 2:12.87 |
| 200 m individual medley | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | 2:13.07 | Kathleen Nord (GDR) | 2:15.55 | Irina Gerassimova (URS) | 2:16.72 |
| 400 m individual medley | Kathleen Nord (GDR) | 4:39.95 | Petra Schneider (GDR) | 4:40.34 | Petra Zindler (FRG) | 4:47.90 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | East Germany (GDR) Kristin Otto Susanne Link Cornelia Sirch Birgit Meineke | 3:44.72 | Netherlands (NED) Annemarie Verstappen Wilma van Velsen Elles Voskes Conny van Bentum | 3:48.24 | West Germany (FRG) Karin Seick Susanne Schuster Iris Zscherpe Ina Beyermann | 3:49.86 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | East Germany (GDR) Kristin Otto Astrid Strauss Cornelia Sirch Birgit Meineke | 8:02.27 WR | West Germany (FRG) Jutta Kalweit Birgit Kowalczyk Petra Zindler Ina Beyermann | 8:11.69 | Netherlands (NED) Annemarie Verstappen Jolande van der Meer Reggie de Jong Conny van Bentum | 8:12.41 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | East Germany (GDR) Ina Kleber Ute Geweniger Ines Geißler Birgit Meineke | 4:05.79 WR | Netherlands (NED) Jolanda de Rover Petra van Staveren Annemarie Verstappen Conny van Bentum | 4:12.78 | West Germany (FRG) Svenja Schlicht Ute Hasse Ina Beyermann Karin Seick | 4:13.25 |

## Diving
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Petar Georgiev (BUL) | 619.80 | Nikolay Drozhin (URS) | 618.87 | Chris Snode (GBR) | 610.17 |
| 10 m platform | David Ambartsumyan (URS) | 605.79 | Vyacheslav Troshin (URS) | 563.31 | Steffen Haage (GDR) | 559.41 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Brita Baldus (GDR) | 494.88 | Tatyana Alyabyeva (URS) | 493.14 | Daphne Jongejans (NED) | 461.10 |
| 10 m platform | Alla Lobankina (URS) | 455.52 | Anzhela Stasyulevich (URS) | 448.56 | Ramona Wenzel (GDR) | 410.91 |

## Synchronized swimming

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Solo | Carolyn Wilson (GBR) | 180.333 | Muriel Hermine (FRA) | 172.767 | Gudrun Hänisch (FRG) | 172.600 |
| Duet | Amanda Dodd (GBR) Carolyn Wilson (GBR) | 174.667 | Gudrun Hänisch (FRG) Gerlind Scheller (FRG) | 168.634 | Catrien Eijken (NED) Marijke Engelen (NED) | 168.600 |
| Team competition | Great Britain (GBR) Alison Bowler Amanda Dodd Allison Garratt Caroline Holmyard Helen Page Nicola Shearn Philippa Sutton Carolyn Wilson | 168.342 | Netherlands (NED) Catrien Eijken Marijke Engelen Petri Engels Marjolein Philipsen Margo Siedel Esther Theisen Judith van de Berg Annette van Tol | 163.577 | West Germany (FRG) Gudrun Hänisch Kirsten Hohlstein Silke Hohlstein Anette Feil Kerstin Jorkisch Christine Lang Gerlind Scheller Annette Schubert | 159.381 |

## Water polo
### Men's event

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team competition | Soviet Union | Hungary | Spain |